[SciPy-Dev] Follow revision history back past 2007

[Pauli Virtanen]

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:46:21 +0000, Pauli Virtanen wrote:

> Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:55:02 -0600, Warren Weckesser wrote: [clip]
>> Using the "history" button on github, the history of files or modules
>> seems to end with a renaming that took place in 2007.  How do I see
>> older commits?
> 
> Interesting, this should work:
> 
> 	git log -M -C filename

Ah crap. On the man page it says to use

	git log --follow filename

and this does work as expected.

Github probably doesn't do this -- one can maybe ask their support 
section if this would be feasible for them to add.

	Pauli